Abstract and Concrete Use

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Abstract and Concrete Use On Morality as your
model.

• Write a 750 word essay in which you work with an
  abstraction making your mind veer inflexibly
  toward the particular.
• Possible abstract terms
• Justice, truth, happiness, etc. Others????

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How to do your prewriting

• Make a list of the following items
• Your abstract word
• Your four, (or fewer), concrete examples
• Real, not made up
• Real, not hypothetical
• Situations where you have seen your word in action

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Your Introductory Paragraph

• Use your prewriting/list in the following way
• Begin your introduction with one of your 4
  examples.
• Explain how this situation makes you think of
  love or honor or whatever your abstract term
  is.
• Make sure your abstraction/thesis shows how you
  feel about the word.

4
Your Three Body Paragraphs

• Use your prewriting/list in the following way
• Use each of the rest of your examples in a
  paragraph of its own.
• Explain how each situation makes you think of
  love or honor or whatever your abstract term
  is.
• Feel free to treat your word positively or
  negatively

5
Your Concluding Remarks

• This can be its own paragraph organized in any of
  the following ways
• Summarize your thoughts on love or honor or
  whatever your abstraction is.
• Speculate on the implications of love or
  honor or whatever your abstraction is.
• Actually, your conclusion can be set up any way
  you like.

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What are my requirements?

• Approximately 750 words
• Count one line and multiply by the number of
  lines written for an approximate count.
• Write the word count at the top of the paper.
• Write on every OTHER line and dont use the back.
• Turn in at the end of the period.

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Abstract and Concrete Use On World War II as
your model.

• Write a 750 word essay in which you work with
  another instance (besides war) where only
  concrete detail will adequately depict the
  intensity needed to do what you do.
• Possible topics
• Playing football, basketball, baseball, softball,
  etc.
• Day-to-day pressure of being a senior, a
  slacker, a good student, a checker at HEB, a
  marching band member, a bearkadette, a
  cheerleader, a standleader etc.
• Others??? Work related, home related, etc.

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How to do your prewriting

• Make a list of the following items
• Your abstract statement about the ease or
  difficulty of what you do. (No whining)
• Your (four) concrete examples/categories
• Real, not made up
• Real, not hypothetical
• Ample details of each to enliven your abstract
  statement

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Your Introductory Paragraph

• Use your prewriting/list in the following way
• Begin your introduction with an example which
  typifies your situation.
• Explain/elaborate with specificity.
• End with an abstraction/thesis to show how you
  feel about the situation.

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Your Three Body Paragraphs

• Use your prewriting/list in the following way
• Use each of the rest of your examples/categories
  in a paragraph of its own.
• Give the details of each situation which you are
  using to drive home your point.
• Feel free to treat your situation positively or
  negatively.

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Your Concluding Remarks

• This can be its own paragraph organized in any of
  the following ways
• Summarize your thoughts.
• Speculate on the implications on the future of
  your situation.
• Actually, your conclusion can be set up any way
  you like.

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What are my requirements?

• Approximately 750 words
• Count one line and multiply by the number of
  lines written for an approximate count.
• Write the word count at the top of the paper.
• Write on every OTHER line and dont use the back.
• Turn in at the end of the period. Finish tomorrow.